Watering device for cattle.



H. E, RASSMANN.

WATERING DEVICE FOR CATTLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY P, 19:6.

132041 066. Patented Nov. 7', 1916.

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WATERING {DEVICE FOR. CATTLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 8. 1916.

- Pate11ted Nov. '7, 1916.

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To all whom it may concern:

Watering- Devices for Cattle; and I dohereby "declare the following tobea full,

' clear, and exact'description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in; the art to which it appertains to make and use the v y y, 7 Y horizontally disposed miner-ea same. t

This invention relates to-improvement'sin Wateringdevices for cattle,-oneobject of the invention being to so construct the device that asmall amount-of water-shall be caused to remain in the bowl at all'times to serve as a bait for the animal" andto provide simple and efiici'ent means'zoperable .by the animal to cause-the flow. of .water -intothe bowl-,whereby fresh :drinking Water for the animal shall be insured.

A further object is toso' construct and arrange the device that the .cleaning of the bowl shall be facilitated. v \Vith these and other objects flin view, the

invention consists in certain 1 novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. H

In the accompanying drawings; is a sectional view of a drinking device show ing an embodiment of my invention; F ig. 2 is aside elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig; 4 .is a view showing amodification of the valve structure.

1 represents a drinking bowl for cattle having a recessed bottom'portion 2 this re-- cessed or depressed portion. being intended to receive a small quantity of Water and ref tain such small quantity 'in the bowl at all times ;to constitute a bait for the animals.

The, bowl is pivotally connected with a.

standard or-stand-pipe 2,-forfwhich purpose the bottom portion of the bowl may be. made with one or more lugs' l to accommodate a hinge pin '5, which latter also passesthrough a suitable boss 6 on the stand-pipe Latches Tia-re pivotally attached to the stand-pipe '3.and these latches engage over the'upper edge of the bowl so as toretain the latter in its-normal horizontal-positi01 1.

With the, bowl thus mounted, it can be readily .loweredtoffacilitate cleaning the same.-

A casing-8 is provided on the stand-pipe Specification'of Letters Patent.

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"said casing is also 'inade [duct or spout 10, the loil Charge "Vat-e1 rearufila'dlyl llQ l l. "tion of the bowl'l a f ff 'ia- O fi e with an a'niinalwh 1 -'of drinking.

between said valve seat v ket is located. A valv' against the valve seat wintl t Figure 1 adapted to engagethe upper en'dcf the valve stem15.

tl hi h is and may be cast intgr W for in This cas 9 commumcatmg'w is somewhat inclined -"i eiiit'war Between the ducts" within the asing 8 for; the' acc'omh f a, membr forming valve extends upivardl t through a hole a "ca" 16 set ted *tdtli top ofthecasing ear;

anyofa the flow of waterto tlieibiiwli w ne wine mechanism is thus made in a self-contained structure, l;u1t if desired, the valve seat menuher and its connection with the-cap 16 maybe omitted and'the valve seat formed as an .integralpart ofthe valve casing, as shown in Fig. 4.

The valve 14 is operable by the animal to 9() permit flow of water to the bowhand this is a accomplished by means ofa lever 19. The

body portion of this lever may be of a .size

approximating that of the recessedbottom portion of the bowl and is so mounted as to normally lie over said recessed bottom portion. .The body. portion of the lever may be made of open work,-viz. it may comprise a plurality of spaced arms 20 as shown in Fig. 1. 'At the rear end of its body portion, the lever .19 extends upwardly as indicated-at 21, Fig. 1 and is then bifurcated to form two upwardly-projecting membersfiQZ pivotally. connected at their upper ends to a boss 23 on the standpipe3. Arms 24 project forwardly from the pivoted support of the lever memhere 22, and these-armsare' connected by a cross-bar 25 disposed immediately over and \Vith my improvements as above described,' a vertically disposed valve is pro,

BEST AVAlLABLE COP- vided and the lever is so constructed and mounted that adequate power can be imparted to the valve to promptly open the same against the resistance of the spring 17, when the body portion of said lever is depressed by the animal.

of the bowlis of importance because it permits only a small amount to remainin the bowl to serve asa bait, and thus the supply of. fresh water as soon as the animal depresses the lever in an effort to reach the wate in the bottom. of the bowl, willbe insure i I Slight changes might be made in the details of construction of my invention withthe stand ipe andenga 'ng the upper portion of t e bowl, an animal-controlled means for discharging water from said standfiipe to the bowl. I

2. 11 an animal watering device, the combination of a "water pipe, a bowl supported thereby, a valve casin rigid with said water pipe and projecting over the bowl,

.duct being V the nearend of the bowl, a spring-actuated The location of, the body portion over and near to the bottom saidcasin having a lateral duct coinmunias eating wi .the water pipe and a duct dischar into the'bowl, said last-mentioned deflected in a direction toward valve disposed between said ducts, and an 40 animal-operated lever operatively associated with said valve.

3. In ananimal watering device, the combination with a water pipe, bowl, a casing rigid with the water pipe nd having two ducts, one of said ducts communicating with the water pi and the other discharging into the bow a spring actuated valve between said ducts and provided with a stem projecting above the casing, of an aniinaloperated lever having a member disposed over the'bottom of the bowl, said lever having an upwardly projecting part at one end, said upwardly projecting part being bifurcated forming two arms pivotally mounted a near their up r ends on said pipe, said arms terminating in forwardly projecting members, and a cross bar connecting said forwardly projecting lever members a and disposed over the stem of the valve. In testimonywhereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGO C. RASSMANN.

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